divine influence acting in a person to make the person pure, morally strong, etc.

the condition of a person brought to God's favor through this influence

a special virtue, gift, or help given to a person by God

Origin of grace

Middle English ; from Old French ; from Classical Latin gratia, pleasing quality, favor, thanks ; from gratus, pleasing ; from Indo-European base an unverified form gwer-, to lift up the voice, praise from source Sanskrit gṙṅāti, (he) sings, praises and amp; Old Irish bard, bard